Vocabulary (students are expected to know)Wow! This is a lot!!! I will make a study sheet. You already have most of this down though, so that is...well, awesome.

Students should be able to apply vocabulary terms from lesson plans 1-3 to real-life situations in the field.

Ecology: the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their environment.

Biotic: all the living things in the environment.

Abiotic: all the physical factors in the environment that affect living organisms - Temperature, Light, Water, Nutrients.

Organism: the individual living unit - you, me, a bird, a tree, a single cell organism.

Population: a group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area.

Community: ALL of the populations of different species that live and interact in one area.

Ecosystem: a community of organisms and its abiotic environment.

Biosphere: the part of our planet with living organisms.

Producer: organisms that use sunlight to directly make food.

Consumer: organisms that eat producers or other organisms for energy.

Herbivore: a consumer that eats plants for energy.

Carnivore: a consumer that eats animals and other consumers for energy.

Omnivore: a consumer that eats both producers and consumers for energy.

Scavenger: animals that feed on the bodies of dead animals for energy.

Decomposer: organisms that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms.

Standards2009 Oregon State Science Standards6.2 The related parts within a system interact and change.6.2L.2 Explain how individual organisms and populations in an ecosystem interact and how changes in populations are related to resources.6.2L.2.1 Organisms interact as populations.6.2L.2.2 Different populations interact as communities.6.2L.2.3 Communities interact with the environment as ecosystems.

7.2 The components and processes within a system interact. 7.2L.2 Explain the processes by which plants and animals obtain energy and materials for growth and metabolism. 7.2L.2.1 Cellular respiration 7.2L.2.3 Photosynthesis 7.2L.2.4 Energy conversion in plant cellsNext Generation Science Standards (NGSS) (based on May, 2012 draft)MS.LS-MEOE Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems.LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms.LS2.B: Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems.MS.LS-IRE Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems.LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems.

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